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Friday, 11th January 2008 (2787 views)

A group of treasure hunters have been ordered to disclose the exact location where they found a shipwreck to the Spanish authorities, it has emerged.

Odyssey Marine has been told to reveal the site of the Atlantic find within two weeks, after federal documents revealed that a 17-tone trove, including gold coins was valued at hundreds of millions of dollars, abc.net reports.

Although the company claimed the location to be in international waters, Spain wants confirmation that the treasure was not taken from its own territorial area.

If Spain is proved right, it could mean that the country is entitled to keep the haul.

The company was also ordered to divulge the complete list of all artefacts discovered so far, including coins valued at up to $4,000 (£2,041) each.

Odyssey Marine has code-named the find Black Swan and states that more than 5,000 coins are involved in the treasure trove.

 

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